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SYNAPTE; SAREGA; PSORALIS; CALPODES; ASBOLIS. By Dr. M. Draudt. 



salejius. 



101. Genus: Syuapte JIab. 



The only type is without the antennae. Wings broad with an obtuse apex; the characteristic mark 

 is the course of the uppermost subapical vein very close at the costal so that they almost touch each other in 

 the middle. Hindwings rounded; posterior tibiae slender with 2 pair of spurs. Only one species: 



S. salenus 2Iab. The only 2 known looks like Amblyscirtes fluonia (183 a). From Colombia. 



siaurus. 



102. Genus: Sarega Mab. 



Antennae long, club prolonged with a long apex. Palpi unknown. On the forewing the uppermost 

 subcostal vein is nearing the costal- marginal vein, the middle radial vein is basally bent down ; on the hindwing 

 the median veins almost rise from the same place together with the lower radial vein. Posterior tibiae slender, 

 fringed. The large (J stigma extending obliquely from the base of the upper median vein to the submedian 

 consists of 2 parts and is set with large black scales. 



S. staurus Mab. (183 c) likewise resembles A. fluonia. Above blackish-brown with 2 above scarcely 

 visible small subapical dots; beneath they are more distinct, the apex between the subcostal veins whitish; 

 the upper half of the distal margin is lilac grey. Hindwing blackish-brown with a reddish-brown nebulous 

 band from the costal angle to the proximal margin and nearer to the distal margin with another one composed 

 of undulate striae. Colombia, 



sahaeiis. 



103. Genus: I*soralis 31ab. 



Antennae as in Sarega; the 2nd palpal joint hairy, the terminal joint thick, conical, porrect. On the 

 forewing the middle radial vein is very much bent down, so that it almost rises at the lower. Veins of hind- 

 wings as in the preceding genus ; between the upper radial vein and the subcostal and costal veins there are 3 

 transverse stripes of bossy black scent-scales. The ^J has a scent-scale stripe extending from the rise of the 

 lower radial vein to the submedian and being pointed at both its ends. 



Ps. sabaeus Mab. Above blackish-brown, hued somewhat reddish. 3 white subapical dots on the 

 fore^\'ing are only visible beneath. Forewing beneath lighter in the proximal part. Hindwing reddish-brown 

 with 2 broad, black bands, one at the distal margin, one in the middle, the latter expanded towards the costal 

 margin and base. Ventrum white. Bolivia. 



104. Genus: Calpodes Hbn. 



Antennae remarkably short; second joint of the palf) rising, last joint hidden; on the verj? long forewing 

 the middle radial vein is situate as in Psoralis. Hindwing at the anal angle somewhat lobate, before it concave. 

 The cj is without the scent-scale spot. 

 eihlius. C. ethlius Cr. (= chemnis F., olynthus Bsd. tfc Lee.) (183 c) is a well known, very common species 



with oblong fore\\ings. Brown with hyaline spots, a narrow one at the cell-end, 3 large ones behind it and 3 

 subapical ones. Base of wing ochreous. Hindwing Avith a row of 3 hyaline spots. Beneath the hindwing is 

 violettish-grej', the spots less distinct. From the south-eastern States of North America through Mexico to 

 Argentina and in the West Indies. — The larva, according to a water-colour painting made by Seitz in Argen- 

 tina, is green, before the pupation across the dorsum lilac-brown, watered white, the head beneath very broad, 

 above somewhat indented, the os, a triangle above it and two punctrform spots at the sides of the frontal vesicle 

 black. In funnel-shaped leaves of Canna. Pupa green, on the frons a spine-like, curved appendage; the case 

 of the sucker projects beyond the apex of the abdomen by 1^4 to 2 cm; it yields the imago in 10 to 20 days. 



sandarc 



105. Genus: As1>olis Mab. 



Antennae of medium length, club thick, ovoid. Palpi thick, appressed to the frons. On the forewing 

 the upper radial vein rises on a short footstalk with the lowest subcostal vein; the middle radial vein as in 

 the precedmg genera very near to the lower ones; the median is strongly angled at the rise of the lower 

 branch; hindwing prolonged with an oblique straight distal margm and somewhat lobate. The cj shows a 

 bipartite stigma, one part extending somewhat bent between the two median veins, and from the lower one 

 linearly to the submedian. 



A. sandarac H.-ScMff. (= palaea Hew.) (183 d) is above deep blackish-brown, on the bodj' and 

 bases of the wings with a faint green reflection; stigma grey. Fringes of forewings ochreous-yellowish, on the 

 hindwing white with a yellow base. Beneath more reddish, towards the base blackish with a lighter, in the 

 $ larger spot near the proximal angle of the forewing. Colombia, Cuba. 



